Current Projects

D'Souza, F., Rao, R., "Equity Market Timing, Investment Opportunity and Shareholder Benefit".

Simpson G., Carter, D., D'Souza, F., and Simkins, B., "The Diversity of Board Committees and Firm Financial Performance"

D'Souza,F., Chelikani, S., and Breit, E., "The Impact of Sarbanes-Oxley on M&A activity"

D'Souza, F., and Ionici, O., "The Impact of Equity Market Timing on Mergers and Acquisitions"

"The Announcement Period Reaction to market timed SEOs"

Representative Publications

D'Souza, F., Ellis, N., & Fairchild, L., "Illuminating the Need for Regulation in Dark Markets: Proposed Regulation of the OTC Derivatives Market", University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law (forthcoming)

Awards and Honors

"Best paper in Corporate Finance" award at the annual conference of the Southwestern Finance Association (SWFA) 2009

Professional Memberships

Finance Management Association, American Finance Association, Eastern Finance Association, Southwestern Finance Association